History & local legend
The Irondale Inn near Fishing Creek in Bloomsburg occupied an ironmaster’s fieldstone house built in 1837–39. When it operated as an inn, stories described three spirits, including an elderly woman who followed guests along the hallway and closed doors behind them.
An account circulating by 2005 connected the spirits with a large heating vent leading to the basement. It also described the owners returning from a weekend away to find the hot-tub cover removed and a kitchen door open, although nothing had been taken.
The closing-door story remained part of local memory after the building’s years as an inn. In a January 2018 comment, Janese Fundock recalled hearing it during childhood.
Sources
- The Shadowlands, Bloomsburg, Irondale Inn, archived 2005, gives the closing doors, heating vent, hot tub and owners’ return
- Janese Fundock’s January 2018 childhood recollection, comments on Irondale Inn
- Society of Architectural Historians, Irondale Inn (Ironmaster’s House), fieldstone Federal house built in 1837–39 near Fishing Creek
- Pennsylvania Bulletin, August 27, 2016, registers the Bloomsburg filtration plant at 100 Irondale Road
